The so-called Bofors kickbacks scandal of the 1980s, in which then premier Rajiv Gandhi and others were accused of receiving pay-offs from arms manufacturer AB Bofors in connection with the supply ...

The CBI had registered the case in 1990, three years after a Swedish radio channel had alleged that bribes were paid by Bofors to politicians and defence officials of India to clinch the deal.

In a startling revelation this week, B M Oza, India's ambassador to Sweden between 1984 and 1988, has accused then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi of having taken bribes to sign the Bofors gun deal.

This book extract from ‘Boforsgate’ recounts journalist Chitra Subramaniam’s relentless decade-long investigation into the Bofors corruption scandal (1987–1997), which exposed bribes paid ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sent a Letter of Rogatory (LR) to the US Justice Department, seeking details regarding alleged kickbacks in the Bofors scandal. The letter ...

A new book BoforsGate claims senior Indian bureaucrats “tutored” Bofors officials on “how to absolve then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of all blame" The so-called Bofors kickbacks scandal of ...